Examiner Jamar Ray

Appears inactive Last observed office action: July 2016 (116 months ago).

Examiner Jamar Ray appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 67.4%, they average 1.78 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103 and elevated §112 usage.

Difficulty vs AU Very Hard

Difficulty vs Group About Average

Difficulty vs TC About Average

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.78

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 6 years (2011-2016)
Tech Center: 2800 - Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
Group: 2850 - Printing / Measuring and Testing

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 184
Granted Applications: 124
Non-Granted Applications: 60
Avg OA / Grant: 1.78
Last OA Observed: July 2016 (116 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2856
Work Groups Seen: 2850 - Printing / Measuring and Testing

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	67.4%	1.78
Art Unit	43	71.4%	1.54
Group	372	63.2%	1.66
Tech Center	2,370	64.7%	1.69
USPTO	16,116	54.8%	1.98

Grant Timeline

Shaded region marks the last two observed years, where grant outcomes may lag due to recency.

Year	Applications	Granted	Grant Rate
No observed data before 2011; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2011	16	8	50.0%
2012	40	26	65.0%
2013	38	24	63.2%
2014	37	28	75.7%
2015	33	20	60.6%
2016	20	18	90.0%
No observed data after 2016; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

124 family-cache-validated grants; 0 OA-only grant signals.

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	184	3.8%	1.1%	62.5%	23.9%
2	84	1.2%	0.0%	71.4%	17.9%
3	36	0.0%	2.8%	77.8%	8.3%
4	14	0.0%	0.0%	78.6%	14.3%
5	3	0.0%	0.0%	33.3%	66.7%
6	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

2014: Alice

2.9%

2011

1.4%

2012

3.7%

2013

3.1%

2014

0.0%

2015

4.8%

2016

Each bar shows the share of this examiner's observed office actions in that year that included a § 101 rejection.